@gros-louis Probably has to do with the Colts and maybe hosting some bball games? Should absolutely host a bowl.
isn't a 24 team field for the CFP the final nail in the coffin for these non-affiliated bowls? They were already struggling to make money and now the matchups aren't exactly going to be the top teams left in the P4 who didn't get into the CFP.
12 team field had them on life support, this pulls the plug.
RIP Pop Tarts Bowl. ☹️
I'm a big supporter of this. I always thought conference championship games were dumb. I'd rather see it go to the regular season champ, with the tie-breakers being 1)head-to-head and then 2)common opponents. Then trade that week for an extra playoff week, where we can get some really compelling matchups? Huge win for college football.
Years ago, the received wisdom was always, "If college football can just get their act together on a proper postseason, they will absolutely own the month of December." Now they are finally doing it, and I think that prophecy will come true. ESPN will basically print money with these rights.
I believe there is some possibility the P4 conferences move rivalry weekend up a week and that last reg season weekend becomes a flex week where conferences match up 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4, 5 vs 6, and so on to determine their conference standings pecking orders and to produce a pseudo championship game.
I believe there is some possibility the P4 conferences move rivalry weekend up a week and that last reg season weekend becomes a flex week where conferences match up 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4, 5 vs 6, and so on to determine their conference standings pecking orders and to produce a pseudo championship game.
That would be an awful idea. What about the team that loses the #1-#2 matchup and gets passed by the winner of the #3-#4 matchup? If you're in the B1G or SEC, I guess you only suffer a worse playoff seeding, but in other conferences, season over.
@unclemark - This is the only issue I see with expansion to 24 (or even more). There have always been levels to success for lots of programs. We all remember when IU had a great season that resulted in a Pinstripe Bowl invite. That team would've wrapped up its season after Purdue.
There's no guarantee we'll avoid returning to who we were before Cig. I'd like to hope not but you never know. With a 24 team playoff and the removal of bowl games, it could essentially remove a lot of schools from ever having even a semblance of a postseason. Is that really what we all want?
Would the NCAA bball tourney be more exciting with just 24 teams? I mean IU and other teams are now playing in multiple bowl games in the same season (Rose & Peach), which removed an opportunity for additional teams. I don't know what the best option is other than to expand the playoffs even more than 24.
@gros-louis Probably has to do with the Colts and maybe hosting some bball games? Should absolutely host a bowl.
isn't a 24 team field for the CFP the final nail in the coffin for these non-affiliated bowls? They were already struggling to make money and now the matchups aren't exactly going to be the top teams left in the P4 who didn't get into the CFP.
12 team field had them on life support, this pulls the plug.
Not just the expanded CFP, but roster attrition for these non-affiliated bowl games due to the portal.
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